The first Congregation Beth Israel building, what may have been the oldest synagogue in Atlantic City, was honored with a spot on the state Register of Historic Places in 1992  supposedly protecting it forever from local encroachment.

If you want to see it, though, its too late  it was torn down last year anyway, in an apparent violation of state law. All that is left is a vacant lot.

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The circa 1891-93 building, at 34 S. Pennsylvania Ave., was built shortly after Beth Israel was incorporated in 1890 by some of the earliest Jewish leaders of the resort, including Jacob Bacharach, father of longtime Atlantic City Mayor Harry Bacharach. The structure, a mix of Shingle and Moorish styles, became a Masonic Lodge in 1911 and was later the Le Chateau Guest House.

The first Congregation Beth Israel building, what may have been the oldest synagogue in Atlantic City, was honored with a spot on the state Register of Historic Places in 1992  supposedly protecting it forever from local encroachment.

If you want to see it, though, its too late  it was torn down last year anyway, in an apparent violation of state law. All that is left is a vacant lot.

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